Baby-chick coop



Dec. 9, 92 1,518,832

G. WULF BABY- CHICK coo? Filed June 12, 1922 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WULF, OF EXIRA, IOWA, ASSIGNO'R OF ONE-THIRD TO BENJAMIN F. JENSEN AND OF ONE-THIRD TO THOMAS H. GODWIN', BOTH OF EXTRA, IOWA.

BABY-CHICK COOP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, GEORGE WULF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Exira, in the county of Audubon and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Baby-Chick Coop, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a baby chick coop of simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive constructlon.

Another object is to provide a baby chick coop, wherein sunlight may be admitted into the interior of the coop and yet may be so arranged that the entire coop may be practically closed in inclement weather.

Still another object is to arrange the roof structure, so that one edge thereof is spaced away from the wall of the coop for forming an opening therebetween, which will permit proper ventilation of the coop at all times, and yet not permit any rain to enter into the interior of the coop.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is front elevation of my improved baby chick coop, one of the door members being partly open.

, Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, one view of the roof members being shown in dotted lines. l

Figure 3 is a central, sectional View taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail, horizontal view'taken on the line 44 of Figure 3,-showing the removable central member; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged, detail, sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 1. showing the peculiar construction of the guide'members for the doors.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the bottom of my device, which is provided with a pair of end cleats 11, so'as to slightly elevate the bottom member above the ground.

The housing section consists of'a pair of .end members 12 and the back wall 13 and the front Wall 14. a

The front wall 14 is provided with door openings 16. The bottom 10 isv designed to be received within the walls 12, 13, and 14, as shown, the walls extending over the edges of the bottom. The cleats 11 extend beyond the edges of the bottom and the walls 12, 13 and 14 rest thereon. The housing section is hinged to the bottom member by means of the hinges 17. The hinges 17 are secured to the rear ends of the cleats 1]. Fastening devices 17 are secured to the housing section and the bottom member for preventing any hinged movement when not desired.

From the construction of the parts just described, it will be seen that the housing section may be removed from the bottom.

The housing section includes the roof members 19 and 20. The end walls 12 are oppositely inclined, so that the roof members 19 and 20, when positioned upon the end walls will permit water to easily run down.

The roof member 19 is provided with a reinforcing cleat 21, which projects out beyond the end walls 12, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

In order to prevent the roof member 19 from sliding away from proper position relative to the end walls 12, I provide a stop member 22 formed on the underside thereof, which coacts with the inner upper edge of the back wall 13.

In order to properly hold the roof member 19 in position, I provide the fastening elements 23 thereon, which cooperates with a fastening element on the end walls 12.

The forward edge of the roof member 19 projects forwardly beyond the peak of the end walls 12, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. The purpose of the construction will hereinafter more fully apwear.

1 The roof member 20 is fastened to the roof member 19, so as to permit hinged movement relative to each other. In order to provide for such hinge movement, I fasten links 24 to the roof members 19 and 20, and reinforcing members 20 and 19.

The roof member 20 is designed to rest upon the roof member 19 for permitting light toenter into the housing section. When it is desired to use the roof member 20 purely as a roof, it is moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. When in this position, the upper edge of the roof member 20 rests against the underside of the roof member 19. I

The fact that the forward edge of the roof member 19 projects beyond the upper edge of the roof member 20 forms such a joint, wherein no rain will pass through. The long links 24 permit such hinge movement as will cause the roof members to take the position shown 'in light dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawings. The roof member'20 has its upper edge overhung'by the roof member 19 and is capable of being swung to partly open position, as shown by the heavy dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawings. VVl1en in this position, the roof member 19 will overhang the upper edge of the roof member 20. The link hinge connection 24 enables me to partly open the roof member and let it remain'in any of its partly open positions so as to permit ventilation and some sunshine to enter the coop, and yet prevent any rain from entering.

The end walls near their upper ends project slightly in front of the front wall 14,

:so that an opening 25 will be formed between the lower edge of the roof member 20 and the upper edge of the front wall 14. This opening is 'provided with a screen covering 26.

From the construction of the partsjust described, will be seen that air will always be permitted to pass into the interior of the coop for ventilation purposes.

Fastened to the inclined portion of the end walls 12 and directly below the roof member 20 is a frame 27, having the screen 28 thereon. The screen 28 will prevent any of the chicks from passing out through the opening formed when the roof member 20 is in its inoperativeposition.

From the construction of the parts just described, it will be seen that sunlight is permitted to enter the housing section of the coop, when the roof member 20 is in inoperative position, and that the coop 'is always ventilated through the opening 25 Without any danger of rain or a direct draft passing upon the chicks within the housing section.

The frontwall 14 has fixed to it a pair of guide members 29, upon which are slidably mounted the doors 30. The doors 30 are designed to cover the door opening 1.6. Each of the door members 30 has one of its edges slightly rolled, so as to provide an engaging portion 31.

The guide members 29 are so arranged that the lower one is inverted, thereby eliminating any possibility of dirt from passing into the guides when the baby chicks pass into or out of the coop.

' The- .door members 30 have inwardly and upwardly extending flanges 32 formed there on, which are received between a pair of flanges 33 formed on the guide members 29.

This construction causes the door members 3O to be frictionally held to such an extent that some force is required for shifting them to open or closed position.

In the form of coop shown, I have provided a partition member 34, which mounted in a pair of guides 35' formed on the front wall 14 and on the back wall 13. The partition member 34 is so arranged that it may be slid out of the housing section by tilting the entire structure on the cleats 11.

When the partition member 34 is removed,

it is possible to have the baby chicks move freely about the entire coop. A member 36 is arranged directly above the partition member 34 and completes the entire partition members. The partition 34 and member 36 when togetherhave substantially the same outline as the end walls 12. The member 36 is permanently positioned within the coop. I

It is highly desirable to provide a re movable partition member. because while the baby chicks are very small less room is required to keep them, and in that way, practically two separate coops are provided in one single structure. a

The construction of my device is very eco nomical and yet very durable.

Some changes maybe made in the ar rangement and construction of the various parts of my device, without departing from the various features and purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cove by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention: a

1. In a coop of the class described, a heusing section, a roof therefor comprising an inclined roof member, a second roof memher, a screen arranged to underlie the sec ond roof member-when the latter is in roof forming position, means comprising links for pivoting the sec'ondroof member to the first roof member whereby the second roof member may stand in inclined position to serve as a roof with its upper edge overhung by the first roof member, and whereby the second roof member may be tilted to a variety of positions where it will serve as a rain protector roof portion with its upper edge still overhung by the first roof section or may be swung up and over the first roof section to rest thereon.

2. In a baby coop structure of the class described, the combination of a housing roof section, link members pivoted to the section With a roof comprising an inclined first roof section adjacent to one edge thereroof member overhanging the entire housof, and to the second roof section at points 1 ing section, a frame inclined from the upspaced from the edge thereof.

per edge of the said roof section doWn- Des Moines, IOWa,May 22,1922.

wardly and beyond the housing section, a

screen covering for said frame, a second GEORGE WULF. 

